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A CRITICAL LOOK AT THE CONCEPT OF ISOTOPIC LANDSCAPES AND ITS APPLICATION IN FUTURE BIOARCHAEOLOGICAL RESAERCH Workshop of the DFG research-group FOR1670, Transalpine Mobility and Cultural Transfer,

Christoph Mayr Prof. Dr. Matthias Saurer Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schmahl Prof. Dr. Mark van Strydonck Dr. Peter Tropper Prof. Dr. Robert van Geldern Prof. Dr. Igor Villa Dipl. Biol. Stefan Ziegler Dept.

1 A CRITICAL LOOK AT THE CONCEPT OF ISOTOPIC LANDSCAPES AND ITS APPLICATION IN FUTURE BIOARCHAEOLOGICAL RESAERCH Workshop of the DFG research-group FOR1670, Transalpine Mobility and Cultural Transfer, October 13-15, 2014 Speakers Prof. Dr. James H. Burton Prof. Dr. Stefan Hölzl PD Dr. Peer Kröger Prof. Dr. Julia Lee-Thorp Prof. Dr. Jacqueline McKinley Prof. Dr. Cheryl Makarewicz Dr. Christoph Mayr Prof. Dr. Matthias Saurer Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schmahl Prof. Dr. Mark van Strydonck Dr. Peter Tropper Prof. Dr. Robert van Geldern Prof. Dr. Igor Villa Dipl. Biol. Stefan Ziegler Dept. of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA RiesKraterMuseum, Nördlingen, GER Lehr- und Forschungseinheit für Datenbanksysteme, LMU, GER Stable Light Isotope Laboratory, St Cross College, Oxford, UK Wessex Archaeology, Salisbury, UK Institut für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, GER Institut für Geographie, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, GER Paul Scherrer Institute, Ecosystem Fluxes Group, Villigen, CH Fakultät für Geowissenschaften, Sektion Kristallographie, LMU, GER Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage, Radiocarbon dating laboratory, Brussels, B Mineralogy and Petrography, Universitiy of Innsbruck, A Geozentrum, Friedrich-Alexander Universität, Erlangen-Nürnberg; GER Institute of Geological Sciences, Isotope Geology, University Bern, CH Dept. of Ecology and Evolution, Goethe University Frankfurt, WWF Germany, GER

2 On October the DFG research group held a three-day international and interdisciplinary workshop at the Museum Mensch und Natur in Munich. The workshop was opened by Dr. Michael Apel, director of the Museum Mensch und Natur, Prof. Dr. Barbara Conradt, vice president for research and diversity of the LMU Munich, Prof. Dr. Gisela Grupe, speaker of the research group and Prof. Dr. Friedhelm Hoffmann, speaker of the ArchaeoBioCenter, LMU. In their individual presentations, researchers from Austria, Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland and the USA offered stimulating, interesting and critical insights from their respective fields of expertise, for example, the contributions of anthropology and mineralogy to the study of cremated skeletal finds, and the geological and ecological perspectives as related to isotopic landscapes and data processing, as well as their benefits to the project. The participants shared the opportunity of exchanging ideas and opinions during the active post-presentation discussions and also during breaks, dinner and the pre-meeting get together. Many thanks again to all participants for the good discussions and the pleasant atmosphere during the event! Dr. Michael Apel Prof. Dr. Barbara Conradt Prof. Dr. Friedhelm Hoffmann Prof. Dr. Gisela Grupe

3 Prof. Dr. Jacqueline McKinley Complexities of the ancient mortuary rite of cremation: an osteoarchaeological conundrum Wessex Archaeology Portway House Old Sarum Park Salisbury SP4 6EB, UK Dr. Peter Tropper Bones, rocks, and flames: mineralogy and petrology of slags and cremated bones from ritual immolation sites in Tyrol University of Innsbruck Faculty of Geo- and Atmospheric Sciences Innrain 52 A-6020 Innsbruck Phone: Fax: Prof. Dr. Mark van Strydonck Radiocarbon dating of cremated finds Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage Radiocarbon dating laboratory Parc du Cinquantenaire 1 B-1000 Bruxelles mark.vanstrydonck@kikirpa.be

4 Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schmahl Mineralogy of archaeological bone Sektion Kristallographie Theresienstrasse München Prof. Dr. James H. Burton Isotopic landscapes in archaeology: Local' versus human 87 Sr/ 86 Sr University of Wisconsin Dept. of Anthropology 5240 W. H. Sewell Social Science Building 1180 Observatory Dr. Madison, WI 53706, USA Phone: Fax: Dr. Christoph Mayr Linking oxygen stable isotope records with archaeological results Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Institut für Geographie Glückstr. 5 D Erlangen christoph.mayr@fau.de

5 Prof. Dr. Cheryl Makarewicz Zooarchaeological isoscapes and tracing the human past: Integrating faunal and stable isotopic analytical approaches Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte Christian-Albrechts-Universität Johanna-Mestorf-Straße Kiel Phone: Prof. Dr. Stefan Hölzl Strontium-isoscapes in Peru RiesKraterMuseum Nördlingen Eugene-Shoemaker-Platz Nördlingen Phone: +49 (09081) Fax: +49 (09081) Rieskratermuseum@noerdlingen.de Prof. Dr. Igor Villa Landscapes of lead isotope ratios? Exclusions, inclusions, unicity, and Occam's razor University of Bern Institute of Geological Sciences Baltzerstrasse 1+3 CH-3012 Bern Phone: +41 (0) igor.villa@geo.unibe.ch

6 Dr. Robert van Geldern Hydrogen and oxygen stable isotopes in rivers spatial and temporal variations GeoZentrum Nordbayern Applied Geosciences FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg Schlossgarten Erlangen Phone: Fax: robert.van.geldern@fau.de Prof. Dr. Julia Lee-Thorp The influence of relative humidity on oxygen and carbon isotopes in faunae: Implications for palaeoenvironmental reconstructions Research Laboratory for Archaeology & the History of Art University of Oxford Dyson Perrins Building South Parks Road Oxford OX1 3QY Phone: Julia.Lee-Thorp@stx.ox.ac.uk Dr. Matthias Saurer Stable oxygen isotopes in tree rings: a climate archive Paul Scherrer Institute 5232 Villigen PSI Switzerland Phone: matthias.saurer@psi.ch

7 Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Kriegel Lehr- und Forschungseinheit für Datenbanksysteme Oettingenstraße München Phone: Fax: Markus Mauder Lehr- und Forschungseinheit für Datenbanksysteme Oettingenstraße München Phone: Fax: PD Dr. Peer Kröger Managing and mining bioarchaeological data challenges and solutions Lehr- und Forschungseinheit für Datenbanksysteme Oettingenstraße München Phone: Fax:

Across the Alps in Prehistory

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